Express Postal Markings Postmarks

Under the Bloomfield these marks were ExD-1 etc. While reluctant to introduce another coding system the one used here list marks under the town name and then by the keyword(s) used within the mark. The town name is grouped under the common English spelling. The keywords give equal weight to Arabic as well as European spellings. See views on postmark coding and for visual representaion see query 28 On these pages where a mark already exists drawn then these have been used otherwise the scanned mark has been used with a minimal amount of doctoring (removing background to present a black and white image). The hope is that the drawn marks will be replaced with good scans and the poor scans will be replaced as better ones become available. As can be seen both methods have their benefits and drawbacks but again we hope to include as many fully scans of the originals, on or off cover, which should make identification easier. The last sheet with amendments only consisted eleven markings while now the record consists of over 60 markings. Extracts from the Journal Officiel (as published in QC 139) Under each mark is the code used which should be used with the town name ie Cairo-D4.k. After the main code other letter represent other words used. Beneath are the earlist and latest dates, if known, and below these comments. If a red arrow is shown put the cursor for more information and if a small cover is shown click on it to see the cover in full scale.

Key words:	Delivery	Express	House to House
Arabic:
Code:	D	E	H
Other:	Registered	Arrival	Depart	Zone	Traffic	Station
Arabic:
Code:	r	a	d	z	t	s
Other:	Section	Foreign	Pen	Post	Number	Service
Arabic:
Code:	c	f	k	b	n	v

D1   27.VIII.10   BF	D2   29.III.29 9.III.31	D3.an   3.V.63 22.III.65 No.1 in arabic	D4   16.III.27	D5 26x9 6.VIII.16
DE1 30x9 21.III.40 8.VI.43	DE2   23.III.78	E1 22x11mm Aug 5, 45 Jun 17, 56	E2 34x25x9 25.IX.57	E3.d 27x20x8 10.VI.67
Er1.s   18.IV.50
D1   20.IX.22 6.VI.25	D2 21 8.V.55 27.VII.58	D3.a   29.I.56 27.VI.57	D4.k 31x8 23.X.06 6.XI.07 Arabic pen	D5 28x10 1.IX.55 1.VII.56
D6.a 29x10 12.III.56 27.VI.57	D7 27x6 8.I.59	D8 30x10 23.III.49	D9   7.III.57	D10 28x9 7.VII.45
D11 30x10 ?.VI.52 24.III.55	D12 29x8 29.IV.49
Dr1.a 35x29x8 12.II.62 17.V.62	Dr2.a   12.VII.43 12.VI.45	Dr3.a 29x9 26.IX.40 18.VII.42 No.1 ..	Dr4.a 30x9 5.IX.36 16.X.40	Dr5.a 28x10 23.III.52 7.VI.52 No1 19.IX.52 No3 8.XII.51
Dr6   8.I.50 13.X.56	Dr7 30x11 29.II.60 24.VII.60	Dr8 26x10 17.XI.60	Dr9.f 26x9 6.I.58	Dr10.a 26x8 2.X.46 3.X.47
Dr11.a	Dr12.a 28x10? 19.X.49 27.III.50	Dr13.a 28x9 15.III.48	Dr14.a 31x11 12.XI.52
Dr11   4.IX.65 7.IX.81	Dr12   2.IV.83	Dr13   2.II.56 10.XI.60	Dr14 30x11 4.IV.53 23.VII.58 No.4 dates 29.II.60-24.VII.60	Drh1   12.IX.48 3.XI.48
DE1.b   12.XI.52 31.III.52	DE2   21.I.69	DE3.b   21.III.66	DE4.b 29x10 3.III.57 7.III.57	DE5 32x10 21.III.66
DE6.b 34x24x7 26.IX.57	DE7.b   9,IX.50	DE8.bs   19.6.46 19.VII.46
E1   4.VII.56	E2   29.III.55 24.III.54	E3 30x11 6.I.58	E4 35x8 4.VII.56 14.IX.62	E5.dt
E5.? 28x9 1.I.56
Dr1.z   23.VI.73		D1   26.VIII.45
D1   9.VIII.46		E1 26x20x9 12.XII.74
Dz1 29x10 23.VI.73		Dz1 27x9 10.III.68 9.VIII.69